Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> September 13, 2002

Joseph Vumbacco – Health Management Associates Inc (hma)

JOSEPH V. VUMBACCO was named Chief Executive Officer of Health Management Associates, Inc., on January 2, 2001. He has been with HMA for the past five years and has held key responsibilities, including Chief Operating Officer and Chief Administrative Officer. He joined the company in January 1996 as Executive Vice President and was named President in 1997. Before joining HMA, Mr. Vumbacco was an Executive Vice President of The Turner Corporation, parent of Turner Construction Company, the leading general builder in the United States. Mr. Vumbacco had both extensive operational and staff responsibilities during his nearly 15 year career with Turner. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President of the F & M Schaefer Corporation and previously as an attorney with the Wall Street firm of Mudge Rose Guthrie and Alexander. Mr. Vumbacco received a BA degree from Bowdoin College and a JD degree from Syracuse University College of Law, where he was a Research Editor of the Syracuse Law Review. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with some of the highlights in the history of

Health Management Association, followed by an overview of the company as

it is now?

Mr. Vumbacco: Our company was founded in